Say it with Love

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Say it with Love

Dive Deeper into the Song

Song Synopsis

"Say It With Love" is an offering, a reminder of the infinite well of love that’s always available to us.
It doesn’t ask us to deny our needs or silence our deepest feelings — it invites us to bring them forward, but to bring them from the heart.

This song is a mantra and a prayer, a chant to Lakshmi: “Remind me of the divine bounty — that no matter how much I lean on you, the well of love never runs dry.”
It transforms confusion, anxiety, and heaviness into connection, grace, and light.

As the closing track of the collection, it leaves us with an invocation: whatever you do, wherever you go, say it with love.

Lyrics

Om Aim Hreem Shreem Maha Lakshmiyei Namaha

Say it with Love

I need to feel your love

Backstory of the Song

Origin & Backstory

Say It with Love began as a chant to Lakshmi:
Om Aim Hreem Shreem Maha Lakshmiyei Namaha.
To me, this mantra carries the soft, gentle reminder of the endless abundance of love that’s always available to us.

But sometimes, we forget.
We forget what love can do.
We forget the force it gives us.

The line “I need to feel your love” might sound like a call to another person — and you could hear it that way — but for me, it’s something deeper. It’s the longing to feel the love I already carry for myself.

We can’t escape ourselves. Our bodies hold everything — pain, joy, sorrow, grief. They are the outer landscape of our inner experience. And they want to be held, not shamed. To be met with compassion, not derision, for the ways they hurt or the ways they’re not “strong enough.”

When I sing “I need to feel your love”, it’s a yearning to feel that self-love fully — right here, right now — not in some imagined perfect state, not when the pain is gone, not when life is lined up neatly, but in this moment as it is.

Because self-love doesn’t wait for conditions.
It rises like unconditioned love itself — abundant, full, and already yours.

This song comes from that place.
May you find it too.

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Quotes from the Song

By:
Vishnu

Lakshmiyei Namaha

By:
TED

Say it with Love

Reflections and Writings

It Must Be Said

Love, that is the great force that tempers

Reducing the heat of anger 

And rising the fire of understanding

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It must be said, for us to not overfill

The capacity to experience

We must forgive and forget

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The body does keep score

And it is a harsh referee at times

It rarely gives us a pass

On the things we consume

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The emotions get stored

In all of our cells

The less we digest

The more we’re in hell

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And once we are completely full 

Of bottled emotions 

We no longer have space

To give patience and trust

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And then we burst with word and action

With very little cause for an extreme reaction

Hurting the ones most close to our hearts

Causing the scars that leave no outer marks

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But love is the great force that tempers the temper

When directed inward we experience the tender

Empathy of the ones near to us 

And understand that they are nothing but us

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So it must be said, the pains, the hurts, the misunderstandings

The feelings, true and false

The worries, the anxieties

The fears, the doubts

The pain, the grief

The anger, the rage

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Say it we must, but Say it with Love

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Say it with Love Liner Notes

From frustration… to love.

This song’s first life was recorded in a version of recording software I don’t even use anymore. Back then, I had little structure of tempo and grid (DAW shit that is only meaningful to us DAW Geeks!)  — which meant that when we later imported the tracks into Studio One (raw, raw, and glorious), editing was a nightmare.

But here’s the thing — the original tracks had such a pure, sweet essence of love, I didn’t want to re-record them. So I decided to work with what had been given. The layers of voices in this song? They’re echoes — reminders — whispering over and over: say it with love.

This song was first written for my band Danny and the Butter Thieves. At the time, I was blending mantra-based music with English lyrics. Nicole and Simpson, both in the band, told me that with a little rework, this would be the perfect anthem for the Say It with Love collection. They were right.

I did re-record the drums, and I stacked in more vocal layers. Then, just a few weeks ago from writing this, I was in a low place. Studio One was open. This song was on the screen. I hit play, and when I reached that last section — I need to feel your love — it hit me: this was my call to God, to the Great Spirit.

And instantly… I was lifted.
From sorrow into joy.
From questioning into the simple awareness of being here, now.
The shine rose inside me, the “why” dissolved, and a deep sense of wholeness wrapped around me.

This song is a blend of sweet mantra, rock-and-roll, doo-wop harmonies, and the beating heart of The Emotional Driver.

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Explore practices designed to deepen your connection with this song

See the Good Meditation

The song Say it With Love reminds us of a simple truth: what we put our attention on grows.

Most of us spend a lot of time looking inward and saying, “I need to change this. I need to be better at that. I need to stop doing this or that.”

But here’s the problem: when we lead with thoughts like this, we’re signaling to our soul that something is broken. Even if self‑improvement is admirable, if it starts from a place of “I’m not enough,” it keeps us stuck in that story.

What we feed grows.

There’s an old metaphor many traditions use: don’t feed the thing you don’t want to grow.
 If I tell myself, “Don’t think about the snake, the snake can’t hurt me,” my mind stays full of snakes. But if I shift my focus — “I choose to think about the elephant” — suddenly, my mind is filled with something new, expansive, and safe.

Even more powerful than shifting away from the negative is choosing to see the good first.
 The more we affirm what’s right within us, the more that part of us grows.

So let’s try it: pause right now and list three things that are right with you.
 (Really — take a breath and do it.)

You might find that challenging. Interesting, isn’t it? Now — how quickly could you name three things you wish you could change about yourself? My guess is those came a lot faster.

This is why “Say it With Love” matters.

It calls us to look inward with courage — not to shame or fix ourselves — but to grow into love, joy, peace, and understanding. When we see the good first, we make the mind, heart, and soul far more willing to receive gentle corrections and deeper truths.

And here’s the magic: when you practice seeing the good in yourself, you start seeing the good in others first. Your whole way of interacting with the world changes.

So yes — we need to express, to communicate, to grow. But above all, we need to say it with love.

The Practice

Let’s try this together.

  1. Find a comfortable seat.

  2. Set your breath rhythm:
    • Inhale for a count of 5.

    • Pause gently at the top.

    • Exhale longer than you inhaled (aim for 7–10 counts).

    • Pause softly at the bottom.

    • Take 4–6 cycles to find your rhythm.

  3. As you exhale, imagine releasing self‑limiting beliefs. Every long exhale is a purification — letting go of the old stories.

  4. As you inhale, reflect on one thing that is right with you.
    • Feel it land somewhere in your body — your chest, belly, throat, or wherever it lives.

  5. On your next exhale, clear any block that might keep you from fully embodying that truth.

  6. Repeat for 5–15 minutes.

Take It With You

Throughout your day, notice when judgment or negative thoughts arise.
Pause. Reframe. See the good first.

This isn’t about denying what’s real. It’s about expanding into what’s right — in you, in others, in the moment.

This is how you say it with love.

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